Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Middle East Part II: Masada and the Dead Sea

Dave had been to Israel before so he made an excellent tour guide. Some of our highlights:


We noticed that everyone in Israel smokes and we figured out why... they start them young.

Yep, those are packs of cigaretts in the claw machine!

Sunrise from the balcony of our hostel in Eilat (that body of water is the Red Sea, it's crazy to believe that this is the sea that Moses parted)


We had to stop at a gas station on our way to Masada and we came across this camel all saddled up. I wanted to take him for a ride. People just ride their camels into town and tie them up while they shop.


This is a portion of Masada. This is a plateau where the Jewish people came to escape the Romans and built a little city. They were completely surrounded on each side and eventually committed a mass suicide rather than being taken prisoner or worse by the Romans... sad story but very interesting.


The ramp the Romans built to reach the top.


The rectangle is one of the many Roman camps. I swear this country is all the same color!


We spent the rest of the day at the Dead Sea and played in the mud. Don't mind my yellow shoes... oh yeah, and that's just mud on my swim suit...

2 comments:

kami said...

I'm so glad that you've posted pictures of your trip. Looks like you had a great time.

I can't believe the cigarettes in the claw machine!!!

Also...thanks for clarifying the swimsuit issue. I was starting to think that you had joined the Girls Gone Wild team ;o)

Julie said...

Amazingly cool!!